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See also: Auge, augé, and auge-

Catalan

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَوْج (ʔawj), from Persian اوگ (owg).

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Noun

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auge m (plural auges)

  1. apogee
  2. peak, zenith

French

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Etymology

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From Latin alveus; according to the TLFi etymological dictionary, it was a (very early) borrowing.

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  • IPA(key): /oʒ/
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auge f (plural auges)

  1. trough (long, narrow container for feeding animals)
  2. (masonry) mixing tub, mortar box (pan or tub for mixing mortar)
  3. bucket (of a water wheel)
  4. (anatomy) intermandibular region (of a horse or other mammal)

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auge

  1. inflection of auger:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَوْج (ʔawj), from Persian اوگ (owg). Compare Catalan and Spanish auge.

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auge f (plural augi)

  1. (astronomy) apogee
    Synonym: apogeo
  2. (figurative) height, apex
    essere all’auge della gioventùto be in the prime of youth
    essere in augeto be in vogue

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  • auge in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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augē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of augeō

Norwegian Nynorsk

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auge n (definite singular auget, indefinite plural auge, definite plural auga)

  1. Alternative form of auga

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَوْج (ʔawj), from Persian اوگ (owg).

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.ʒi/ [ˈaʊ̯.ʒi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.ʒe/ [ˈaʊ̯.ʒe]

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auge m (plural auges)

  1. height, peak

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَوْج (ʔawj), from Persian اوگ (owg). Spelling with g influenced by Latin augēre (to wax, to increase).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈauxe/ [ˈau̯.xe]
  • Rhymes: -auxe
  • Syllabification: au‧ge

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auge m (plural auges)

  1. boom, rise, growth
    en augeon the rise; booming
    • 2020 January 18, Jaime Santirso, “El lado oscuro de TikTok, el rey chino de los vídeos relámpago”, in El País[1]:
      El auge de la plataforma, además, subraya la pujanza tecnológica del gigante asiático.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (also figurative) peak, zenith, heyday
    Synonym: cenit

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